The social pressure to smile on cue doesn't end when we leave school or the office, but continues as we curate our online personas, from the pictures we put on Facebook and Instagram, to the things we choose to share on Twitter." At a time when people eagerly put themselves into various boxes, the insistence on individuality over groupthink is becoming more and more an act of resistance. There was also the double-entrente of the parents staying at home for hanky-panky with Jefferson Airplane's Alice with the line 'one pill you makes you larger.'įarkeruk: "Daria's insistence on not giving in to to the cult of appearances seems particularly relevant today, in a world where "building your brand" is more important than ever. One of my favorites from Daria was the 'The Lost Girls' episodes and the credits played a song from the 20s or 30s about the most important thing for a girl was to be pretty. The music-based jokes were in the same vein as WKRP where the lyrics were used as a setup, punchline, or commentary. I pulled that (Daria Restoration Project) and the Beavis & Butthead version (King Turd Collection) down and enjoyed them immensely.
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Some fan of the series took the soundtrack from his personally taped VHS collection of episodes and dubbed that onto the DVD release's video and posted the result to Demonoid. However, she said it held up very well and her then 15 year old dsaughter enjoyed it a lot, as well. The only drawback was most if not all of the original music was gone, due to copyright and royalty issues. not at all, but I remember her being picked up on by the more emo types just because she was like them.īullBearMS: Aulus: Two years, I got the boxed DVD set of the series for my daughter's 35th birthday. Not saying there's anything wrong with Daria. If this had been reversed, if her parents had been right-on liberals who were university lecturers it was about a character who liked cheerleading and going out with boys and just wanted to have a family, would she be praising Daria's individuality for going against convention? Her website has a tasteful black and white image, she likes feminist stuff, lectures at a university. Thing is, I've just taken a look into the writer of this, and everything about her screams "feminist-liberal-o-tron". "Daria's insistence on not giving in to to the cult of appearances seems particularly relevant today, in a world where "building your brand" is more important than ever.
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